About this extension

Video DownloadHelper is the most complete tool for extracting videos and image files from websites and saving them to your hard drive.

Just surf the web as you normally do. When DownloadHelper detects embedded videos it can access for download, the toolbar icon highlights and a simple menu allows you to download files by simply clicking an item.

For instance, if you go to a YouTube page, you'll be able to download the video directly on your file system. It also works with most other popular video sites like DailyMotion, Facebook, Periscope, Vimeo, Twitch, Liveleak, Vine, UStream, Fox, Bloomberg, RAI, France 2-3, Break, Metacafe, and thousands of others.

Video DownloadHelper supports several types of streamings, making the add-on unique amongst Video downloaders: HTTP, HLS, DASH, … Whenever a site uses a non-supported streaming technology, Video DownloadHelper is able to capture the media directly from the screen and generate a video file.

Besides downloading, Video DownloadHelper is also capable of making file conversions (i.e. change audio and video formats) and aggregation (combining separate audio and video into a single file). This is an upgrade feature that helps pay for the free stuff (we need to eat too). You are not compelled to use conversion for downloading videos from websites, and you can avoid picking variants marked as ADP to avoid the need for aggregation.

Video overview on how to use Video DownloadHelper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZT8yI60k_4

Support can be obtained from the dedicated support forum.

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Release notes for 7.6.6

Some recent changes in YouTube cause the extension to fail downloading videos. This update fixes that issue.

When downloading a HLS live stream, the end of broadcast automatic detection can be controlled with new settings parameter HLS End Timeout.

The minimum size filter settings was not working properly.

Some HLS streams could be ignored if the manifest file size was below the configured size threshold.

On Windows, the file saveas dialog could show up button while on root of a drive.

The download progress could stop being displayed.

Updated locales: Corsican, German, Italian, French, Swedish, Ukrainian, Korean, Hungarian, Greek, Polish, Indonesian, Dutch.

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